tart
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adjective \ˈtärt\Definition of TART
1
: agreeably sharp or acid to the taste <a tart apple>
2
: marked by a biting, acrimonious, or cutting quality <a tart rejoinder>
— tart·ish \ˈtär-tish\ adjective
— tart·ly adverb
— tart·ness noun
See Examples of TART
- The wine is rather tart.
- <I didn't add enough sugar to the lemonade, and now it's way too tart.>
Origin of TART
Middle English, from Old English teart sharp, severe; akin to Middle High German traz spite
First Known Use: before 12th century
2tart
nounDefinition of TART
1
: a dish baked in a pastry shell : pie: as a : a small pie or pastry shell without a top containing jelly, custard, or fruit b : a small pie made of pastry folded over a filling
2
[earlier slang, girlfriend, probably short for jam tart, rhyming slang for sweetheart] : prostitute
Examples of TART
- <the sort of skimpy outfit that could cause a girl to be mistaken for a tart>
Origin of TART
Middle English tarte, from Anglo-French
First Known Use: 14th century
Related to TART
- Synonyms
- bawd, call girl, cocotte, courtesan, drab, harlot, hooker, hustler, sex worker, streetwalker, strumpet, prostitute, whore
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